氷

音読おんよみ: ヒョウ

訓読くんよみ: こおり・ひ

画数かくすう: 5 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 水(みず)

Meaning

Ice
cold in temperature or character

  • 氷河ひょうが — glacier
  • 氷山ひょうざん — iceberg
  • 氷水こおりみず — ice water
  • 氷点下ひょうてんか — below freezing
  • 氷雨ひさめ — freezing rain
  • 薄氷はくひょう — thin ice; a precarious situation (figurative)

This character was originally a variant of the water radical and evolved to depict frozen water. It’s associated with coldness and appears in many compound words related to ice, snow, and cold weather.

こおりれてください。
Please add some ice.

氷点下ひょうてんか気温きおんです。
The temperature is below freezing.

山
Creates
氷山ひょうざん — iceberg
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